[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 77. Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Van Hollen) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent 
resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING PREMIUM COSTS ON 
                   THE HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE BY REPEALING 
                   THE MEDICAID EXPANSION UNDER THE AFFORDABLE 
                   CARE ACT.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would 
     increase premium costs on the health insurance marketplace by 
     repealing the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care 
     Act which has lowered premiums costs on the health insurance 
     marketplace by 7 percent in States that have expanded 
     Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).
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